DisciplesNet Worship #226 Christmas (Shaw, 12.25.2014)
To watch this worship service on YouTube, click here.
Happy Christmas! We invite you to worship with us this special Christmas worship, put it together so that you may join in a variety of ways. You may even want to bring in family, friends and neighbors, especially those who will not be able to attend a physical Christmas worship service.
In this short worship, we'll be singing favorite Christmas hymns, read the Christmas scripture from Luke 2:1-20, light our four Advent candles and the Christ candle, hear a short Christmas message from Rev. Bob Shaw, and the go out singing the Hallelujah Chorus from Handel's Messiah. We hope that you will join in!
If you have advent candles and would like to light them along with us, you will need get them ready, and light them as we light the ones you will see on the screen. The Hallelujah Chorus traditional asks the congregation to join in, choose a part, and sing praises to God however you please, as we do here. God bless you this Christmas, and thank you so much for joining us!
ORDER OF WORSHIP:
1. Opening instrumental background music: "Silent Night"
2. Welcome: Susan McNeely
3. Singing: "O Come, All Ye Faithful" (DisciplesNet Singers)
4. Pastor's Prayer with Lord's Prayer: Russ Smith
5. Scripture readings: The Christmas Story, Luke 2:1-20,
with hymns: "Silent Night" (Twana Harris and Dean Phelps);
"Angels We Have Heard on High," and
"Joy to the World" (DisciplesNet Singers)
6. Lighting of the Advent and Christ Candles
7. Message: "Being Real" Bob Shaw
8. Hallelujah Chorus, Southport Christian Church Choir, Indianpolis
9. Sending out (Benediction)
If you would like to chat with one of our pastors, including talking more about belief in God, becoming a Christian or following Christ, or living as a disciple of Christ, please email us at pastor@disciplesnet.org, or contact us using the contact information on our website, www.disciplesnet.org, or our Facebook page, DisciplesNet Church.
Invitation to Giving:
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We also extend the invitation for you to be part of the DisciplesNet ministry by giving a one time gift, or ongoing, including a tithe. Even the smallest of gifts, like the mustard seed, have a way of growing in amazing ways to share God's word and the love of Jesus Christ.
We have a giving page on our website, disciplesnet.org. Our physical address for donations is:
DisciplesNet Church
1100 W. 42nd St, Ste 220A
Indianapolis, IN 46208
And emailing address is: giving@disciplesnet.org